Wire line grip



Sept 14, 1943.

S. BULLUM WIRE LINE GRIP Filed Dec. 5, 1942 Patented Sept. 14, 1 943.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WIRE LINE GRIP Steve Bullum, Wilmington, Calif. Application December 5, 1942, Serial No. 468,023

. Claims. This invention relates to a grip, and has more particular relation to a grip' for wire lines or cables. v

An object of the invention is to provide a grip of the character described specially designed for receiving and gripping the ends of a cable and of such construction that the tension of the cable will cause the ends, engaged by the grip, to be the more securely held.

Another object of the invention is toprovide' a grip composed of a singular piece of material which maybe easily handled and readilyapplied I to the cable.

With the above and other objects in view the invention hasparticular relation to certain novel features of construction, arrangement of parts and use, an example of which is given in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 shows side view of the grip.

Figure 2 shows a plan view.

Figure 3 shows an end view, and

Figure 4 shows a side view as applied to a wire line.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, wherein like numerals of reference designate the same parts in each of the figures, the numeral which designates a body. which is, preferably, plate-like in form. The body may have the reenforcing ribs 2, 2, one on each side and which follow the contour of the body.

At each end the body has a pair of'hooks, those at one end being designated by the numerals 3, 4 and those at the other end by the numerals 5, 6.

These hooks are over turned'in the sam direction and are retracted inwardly as more accurately shown in Figure 3.

Inwardly of the respective pair of hooks the opposite margin of the body is' rovided with the half-round cut away spaces 1 and 8, to receive the line, these spaces having the over-hanging line guard 9, I0.

At the bottom of the spaces 1, 8 are th line seats ll, 12.

Between the seats ll, I! the body has an upstanding web which is provided with the laterally extended retaining wings l3, H which are curved toward the body, as shown in Figure 3.

In use a wire line, as I5, may be engaged'underneath the hook 6 and drawn around the central upstanding web and underneath the wing I3 and fitted into the seat I l and drawn underneath the hook] with the free end l5a engaged underneath the hook 3 andpassed over the cable l5 seated in the seat J! and drawn underneath the wing I4 convenience inhandling,

and seated in the seat I2 underneath the cable 7 may be usedin other situations; for example the lines I5, I5a may be separate and independent cables whose ends are gripped .to-gether in that manner showninFigure 4. The body may have the The drawing and description are will be defined by the appended claims.

What Iclaim is: 1. A grip for cables and the like, comprising an elongated body, a pair of opposed hooks at each 'end of the body said hooks being correspondingly overturned and inwardly retracted, cable seats spaced inwardly 'from the respective pairs of hooks and formed in the opposite side offthe body from the hooks, an outstanding web between the seats having laterally extended wings to overlie the cable inthe grip- I 2. A grip for wire lines, cables and the like, comprising .a, body, a pair of hooks spaced apart on the body and correspondingly retracted inwardly, the opposite side of the body from the hooks having cable spaces provided with cable seats spaced inwardly from the hooks, an outstanding web on the opposite side ofthe body from the hooks between the seats and laterally extending cable retaining wings on the web,

3. A grip of the character described comprising an elongatedbody, a pairof retaining hooks spacedapart on one side ofthe body, seats for a, wireline or the like, spaced inwardly-from the hooks on the other side of the body, and retainers between the seats extending ut laterally each way from the body.

4. A grip of the character described comprising a body, a pair of retaining hooks spaced apart on one side of the body, seats for a wire line or the like, spaced inwardly from the hooks on the other. side of the body, retainers between the seats ex:- tending out laterally each way irom the body, said retainers being curved to engage over the lines, or the like, and efiective to hold the cables in the corresponding seats.

5. A grip for cables and the like comprising an end eyes ll, 11, for

illustrative only while the broad principle of the invention p the cable seats and the respective pairs of hooks to receive thecable, an outstanding web between the seats having laterally extending wings to overlie the cable in the grip on opposite sides of the body. I

STEVE BULLUM. 

